About International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity International Reserves by Reporting Country by Topic Time Series Data for CHINA,P.R.: MAINLAND (U.S. Dollars) Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. CSV How to Use CSV Files More information on CHINA,P.R.: MAINLAND and the IMF |
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Current Data: In Millions of US Dollars (end of period) | |||||
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value) 4 | |||||
March 2016 | |
A. Official reserve assets | 3,305,445.00 |
(1) Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) | 3,212,579.00 |
(a) Securities | 3,185,061.00 |
of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad | |
(b) total currency and deposits with: | 27,518.00 |
(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF | 1,065.00 |
(ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country | 7,294.00 |
of which: located abroad | 7,294.00 |
(iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country | 19,159.00 |
of which: located in the reporting country | |
(2) IMF reserve position | 10,724.00 |
(3) SDRs | 10,485.00 |
(4) gold (including gold deposits and, if appropriate, gold swapped)5 | 71,485.00 |
-volume in millions of fine troy ounces | 57.79 |
(5) other reserve assets (specify) | 172.00 |
-financial derivatives | 172.00 |
-loans to nonbank nonresidents | |
-other | |
B. Other foreign currency assets (specify) | 202,537.00 |
-securities not included in official reserve assets | 196,734.00 |
-deposits not included in official reserve assets | |
-loans not included in official reserve assets | 5,282.00 |
-financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets | 521.00 |
-gold not included in official reserve assets | |
-other |
II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value) | |||||
Maturity breakdown (residual maturity) | |||||
Total | Up to 1 month | More than 1 and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | ||
1. Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits 6 | -2,338.00 | -107.00 | -604.00 | -1,626.00 | |
-outflows (-) | Principal | -4,723.00 | -306.00 | -1,225.00 | -3,193.00 |
Interest | -1,032.00 | -53.00 | -218.00 | -761.00 | |
-inflows (+) | Principal | 3,417.00 | 251.00 | 839.00 | 2,327.00 |
Interest | |||||
2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) 7 | |||||
(a) Short positions ( - ) | -28,900.00 | -28,900.00 | |||
(b) Long positions (+) | 1,481.00 | 679.00 | 802.00 | ||
3. Other (specify) | 31,106.00 | 31,106.00 | |||
-outflows related to repos (-) | |||||
-inflows related to reverse repos (+) | 31,106.00 | 31,106.00 | |||
-trade credit (-) | |||||
-trade credit (+) | |||||
-other accounts payable (-) | |||||
-other accounts receivable (+) |
III. Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value) | |||||
Maturity breakdown (residual maturity, where applicable) | ||||
Total | Up to 1 month | More than 1 and up to 3 months | More than 3 months and up to 1 year | |
1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency | ||||
(a) Collateral guarantees on debt falling due within 1 year | ||||
(b) Other contingent liabilities | ||||
2. Foreign currency securities issued with embedded options (puttable bonds) 8 | ||||
3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines9 provided by: | ||||
(a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ||||
-other national monetary authorities (+) | ||||
-BIS (+) | ||||
-IMF (+) | ||||
-other international organizations (+) | ||||
(b) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered in the reporting country (+) | ||||
(c) with banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country (+) | ||||
4. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines provided to: | ||||
(a) other national monetary authorities, BIS, IMF, and other international organizations | ||||
-other national monetary authorities (-) | ||||
-BIS (-) | ||||
-IMF (-) | ||||
-other international organizations (-) | ||||
(b) banks and other financial institutions headquartered in reporting country (- ) | ||||
(c) banks and other financial institutions headquartered outside the reporting country ( - ) | ||||
5. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency 10 | ||||
(a) Short positions | ||||
(i) Bought puts | ||||
(ii) Written calls | ||||
(b) Long positions | ||||
(i) Bought calls | ||||
(ii) Written puts | ||||
PRO MEMORIA: In-the-money options 11 | ||||
(1) At current exchange rate | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position | ||||
(2) + 5 % (depreciation of 5%) | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position | ||||
(3) - 5 % (appreciation of 5%) | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position | ||||
(4) +10 % (depreciation of 10%) | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position | ||||
(5) - 10 % (appreciation of 10%) | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position | ||||
(6) Other (specify) | ||||
(a) Short position | ||||
(b) Long position |
IV. Memo items | |||||
(1) To be reported with standard periodicity and timeliness:12 | |
(a) short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate | |
(b) financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (e.g., in domestic currency) 13 | |
-derivatives (forwards, futures, or options contracts) | |
-short positions | |
-long positions | |
-other instruments | |
(c) pledged assets14 | |
-included in reserve assets | |
-included in other foreign currency assets | |
(d) securities lent and on repo15 | 23,745.00 |
-lent or repoed and included in Section I | |
-lent or repoed but not included in Section I | -7,361.00 |
-borrowed or acquired and included in Section I | |
-borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I | 31,106.00 |
(e) financial derivative assets (net, marked to market) 16 | 693.00 |
-forwards | 569.00 |
-futures | 14.00 |
-swaps | 111.00 |
-options | |
-other | |
(f) derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year. | |
-aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps) | |
(a) short positions ( - ) | |
(b) long positions (+) | |
-aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency | |
(a) short positions | |
(i) bought puts | |
(ii) written calls | |
(b) long positions | |
(i) bought calls | |
(ii) written puts | |
(2) To be disclosed at least once a year: | |
(a) currency composition of reserves (by groups of currencies) | |
-currencies in SDR basket | |
-currencies not in SDR basket | |
-by individual currencies (optional) |